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Labor/Employment

Apr. 22, 2011

Authorities Sue Farm Labor Contractor

Federal authorities have sued a Beverly Hills farm labor contractor, alleging abuse in a human trafficking case involving 200 Thai workers.


By Catherine Ho


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor that's already under federal indictment was sued Tuesday in the largest human trafficking case in agriculture ever filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.


Global Horizons, Inc. and eight farms engaged in race discrimination, harassment and retaliation when they trafficked more than 200 Thai workers to farms in Hawaii and Washington st...

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